Tag Archives: Women’s History Month

#GullahGeechee ezine De Conch March 2016 Edition

Ef bout we hunnuh wan kno, den yeddi De Conch da blo! Make sure to read, download, and share the “Gullah/Geechee Volunteer Month” and “Ooman Month” edition of De Conch for 2016!

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Wilmington on Fire Has SC Premiere on St. Helena Island

A massacre kept secret for over 100 years. Now the truth will finally be revealed in this outstanding film that has been playing to sold out houses throughout North Carolina. The Wilmington Massacre was a bloody attack on the African-American community by a heavily armed white mob with the support of the North Carolina Democratic Party on November 10, 1898 in the port city of Wilmington, North Carolina. It is considered one of the only successful examples of a coup d’état in the United States that left countless numbers of African-American citizens dead and exiled from the city. This event was the spring board for the white supremacy movement and Jim Crow segregation throughout the state of North Carolina and the American South.

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“Fearless Prayer” and the Gullah/Geechee: An Interview with Life Coach Sheronda L. Barksdale

Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio featured the new inspirational book, “Fearless Prayer” by Sheronda L. Barksdale. Sheronda L. Barksdale (http://www.sherondalbarksdale.com/) is an author, entrepreneur, life empowerment coach, and speaker. She specializes in spiritual and personal growth, stress management, time management, relationship coaching and motivation for teens and adult women.

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Gullah/Geechee Living History Series Focuses on Sea Island Land Ownership

Gullah/Geechee Living History Series Focuses on Sea Island Land Ownership

The Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition (www.gullahgeechee.net) will host three events at the St. Helena Branch Library as part of the “Gullah/Geechee Living History Series.”

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Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation Presents at MUSC

Medical University of South Carolina Department of Public Health Science South Carolina Clinical & Translational Research Institute Multicultural Student Advisory Board Student National Medical Association SEMINAR “Cultural Collaboration Pun de Gullah/Geechee Coast” PRESENTED BY Queen Quet Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) returns to MUSC to discuss how …

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Mama Dem and de Land-De Gullah/Geechee Ooman Stand

Tune in to the opening of Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio‘s annual “Women’s Herstory Celebration!”  On this episode entitled, “Mama Dem and de Land-De Gullah/Geechee Ooman Stand”  Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) discusses the roles that Gullah/Geechee women played in regard to land from the time of the TransAtlantic Slave Trade to the present …

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Penn Center’s Women’s Herstory Month Celebration features Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee!

Join Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) at Penn Center’s Community Sing Celebrating Women’s Herstory! Sunday, March 16, 2014 at 6:30 pm Frissell Community House Penn Center, Inc. on St. Helena island, SC in the Gullah/Geechee Nation Queen Quet will be the guest speaker at the monthly community sing.  Come out and enjoy …

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“The Weeping Time” and De Gullah/Geechee Ooman

by Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) ©2014 All Rights Reserved.  Do not reproduce without citation. As my ancestors walked out that morning, they had no words to say They were unsure why they all were being taken out that day. Marched away from a plantation that they had reshaped to be home …

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Queen Quet returns for Ooman’s (Women’s) Herstory Month 03/28 by CULTURAL JOURNEYS | Blog Talk Radio

Queen Quet returns for Ooman’s (Woman’s) Herstory Month 03/28 by CULTURAL JOURNEYS | Blog Talk Radio. Tune in as RedKing Danto brings Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) back to “Cultural Journeys” to discuss the March and April 2013 activities in the Gullah/Geechee Nation as part of celebrating “Ooman Herstory Month.” http://www.blogtalkradio.com/culturaljourneys/2013/03/28/queen-quet-returns-from-ooman-herstory-month

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Celebratin de Gullah/Geechee Ooman at the St. Helena Branch Library

Queen Quet Celebrates de Gullah/Geechee Ooman pun St. Helena Island Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation who recently returned from receiving the Living Legacy Award in Washington, DC will be celebrating “Women’s History Month” with special presentations on her home island of St. Helena.  On Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 6 pm, she invites …

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